J3-League: Two teams in reasonably good shape get together for this fixture. Imabari might have a tiny edge with their 5th place in the league table?
- Gifu have the fewest points from losing position (0) in J3-League
- Imabari have the most dropped points from leading position (16) in J3-League
The hosts Gifu saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the Emperor Cup. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Avispa Fukuoka.
Gifu form and stats
When playing at home in the J3-League, Gifu, who have the fewest conceded goals (6) at home in J3-League, have managed 4 wins, 2 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 8 games.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 225 minutes without scoring a league goal. Murata was the last player to find the net.
The supporters are hoping that Gifu will strike back in this game, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the Emperor Cup fixture against Avispa Fukuoka.
Heartbreak before that as Gifu lost 0-1 at Nara Club's place.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Gifu have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 13 matches with the results: Won 3, drawn 5 and lost 5.
The Gifu fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 9 in 8 matches. Gifu are not conceding a lot of goals here at Nagaragawa Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 8 matches.
Imabari form and stats
As the visiting team in J3-League matches, Imabari have produced an overall stat of 3-2-3 so far.
Imabari played 1-1 against Azul Claro Numazu in their previous match.
Preceding that game was the away victory against Parceiro Nagano with the score of 4-0.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 13 similar matches played by Imabari in our archives, and the results are: 4 wins for Imabari, 4 draws and 5 defeats.
The travelling fans enjoy Imabari's attacking play in away games, having scored 12 goals in 8 league matches away. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Imabari have seen the ball go into their own net 11 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Stats for the previous six meetings involving these two teams are: two wins for Gifu, one draw and three wins for Imabari. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: two games.
Top Goalscorers
  L. dos Santos Gonzaga 8 goals |   R. Kubota 6 goals | C. Nduka 3 goals |
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| Gifu | Imabari | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 17 |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 18 | 9 | 2 | Scored | S | 3 | 12 | 25 |
| 14 | 6 | 0 | Conceded | C | 4 | 11 | 19 |
| 88% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 59% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 75% | 76% |
| 35% | 38% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 50% | 41% |
| 6% | 12% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 38% | 29% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 12% |
| 47% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 62% | 53% |
| 35% | 38% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 38% | 41% |
| 29% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 5.9 | 6.2 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 6.1 | 6.6 |
| 3.9 | 3.6 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 5.2 | 4.5 |
| 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 9.5 | 10.4 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 11.8 | 12.4 |
| 2.9 | 3.6 | 2.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4.2 | 4.6 |
| 36% | 31% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 35% | 32% |
| 7.2 | 7.4 | 8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.7 | 8 | 8.8 |
| 2.8 | 3.1 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.9 | 3.1 |
- Gifu have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Gifu have the fewest conceded goals (6) at home in J3-League
- Gifu have the fewest points from losing position (0) in J3-League
- Imabari have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Imabari have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Imabari have the most dropped points from leading position (16) in J3-League
- Imabari haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Ehime | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 32 |
| 2 | Kagoshima United | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 31 |
| 3 | Kataller Toyama | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 29 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 30 |
| 4 | Nara Club | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 23 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 11 | 27 |
| 5 | Imabari | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 25 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 27 |
| 6 | Azul Claro Numazu | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 27 |
| 7 | Vanraure Hachinohe | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 26 |
| 8 | Osaka | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 26 |
| 9 | Matsumoto Yamaga | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 29 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 25 |
| 10 | Gifu | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 25 |
| 11 | Ryūkyū | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 20 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | -5 | 23 |
| 12 | Gainare Tottori | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 24 | 25 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 8 | -1 | 22 |
| 13 | Tegevajaro Miyazaki | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 10 | -3 | 22 |
| 14 | Grulla Morioka | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 21 |
| 15 | Parceiro Nagano | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 23 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 12 | -4 | 21 |
| 16 | YSCC | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 23 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | -4 | 21 |
| 17 | Kamatamare Sanuki | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 17 | -14 | 19 |
| 18 | Fukushima United | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 22 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 10 | -11 | 15 |
| 19 | Giravanz Kitakyushu | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 23 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 12 | -7 | 14 |
| 20 | Sagamihara | 17 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 25 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 17 | -9 | 10 |
